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Music for Spring

A playlist of listeners’ suggestions for music for spring.

BBC Playlister Breakfast Music Box

Breakfast brings you a Music Box of pieces recommended by listeners to guide and inspire you throughout the year.

You can listen to the whole collection of works in BBC Playlister.

Composer Title
Franz Schubert Der Hirt auf dem Felsen for voice, clarinet and piano (D.965)
Felix Mendelssohn Lieder ohne Worte - book 5 (Op.62), no.6; Fruhlingslied in A major
Ludwig van Beethoven Sonata for violin and piano (Op.24) in F major "Spring"; I. Allegro
Gidon Kremer Flowering Jasmine
Sir Arnold Bax Spring fire symphony: I. ‘In the forest before dawn’
Manning Sherwin A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square
Francesco Landini Ecco la primavera
Claude Debussy Images pour orchestre
Ralph Vaughan Williams 5 English folk songs, arranged for chorus: no.2; The Springtime of the year
Gabriel Fauré La fée aux chansons Op. 27, no. 2
Giuseppe Verdi Traviata - Act 1 Finale: "Follie! Follie! Delirio vano e questo! Sempre libera"
Robert Schumann Symphony No. 1 in B flat major, Op. 68: I. Andante un poco maestoso - Allegro molto vivace
Jennifer Higdon Piano Trio: I. Pale Yellow
Edvard Grieg Lyric pieces - book 3 for piano Op.43, no.6: Til varen; no.1; Sommerfugl
Thomas Morley Now is the Month of Maying
George Frideric Handel La Speranza e giunta (La primavera) - Act 1: Ottone, re di Germania
Patrick Hadley One Morning in Spring
Johann Strauss II Fruhlingsstimmen [Voices of spring] - waltz for orchestra with voice ad lib. Op.410
Christian Sinding Rustle of Spring
Niels Wilhelm Gade Spring Fantasy, Op.23: third movement
Giuseppe Verdi Les Vepres siciliennes - opera in 5 acts: Spring [Ballet]
Jean Sibelius Kuolema: Scene with Cranes

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